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Who Fixes Botched Pensions: Companies or Courts?: Former Xerox employees have waited more than a decade to resolve a pension dispute. Wasn?t ERISA supposed to make the process less complicated? The Supreme Court reviews a key aspect of the massive employee benefits law. The case in brief: The 105 retirees in this...; Tags: Xerox Corp., Pension, Payroll Solutions, Benefits, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Regulations, Human Resources, Finance, Government, Supreme Court, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Pensions, Xerox, Retirement, Amanda Becker; Articles 2009-12-10
SEC Watch: New Discovery COO Ligouri Gets $200,000 Signing Bonus: Former Fox Entertainment head Peter Ligouri will get $1 million a year in base salary, the chance to double that every year as an incentive bonus—and a $200,000 signing bonus for joining Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) as COO, according to an SEC filing. The signing bonus is payable within...; Tags: Bonus, SEC, Discovery Communications Inc., Performance Management, Sales Force Management, Stock Options, Benefits, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sales, Stock Options & Grants, Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, Staci D. Kramer; External links 2009-12-10
Washington Goes into 401(k) Withdrawal: The Obama Administration has set its sights on the fact that left on our own we are likely to screw up how we manage our retirement assets once we actually retire. The well-founded concern is that we will withdraw our money way too fast. The proposed solution is to add...; Tags: 401(k) Plan, Washington, Obama Administration, 401(k), Retirement Plans, Benefits, Personal Finance, Investment, Financial Services, Asset Management, Human Resources, Finance, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Carla Fried; Blog posts 2009-12-09
Possible Local Bidder Emerges At Deadline For Worcester Telegram & Gazette: The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) is offering to sell the Boston Globe and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette in tandem but a new entrant in the bidding process may increase the potential for a split. The Globe reported over the weekend that former T&G Editor Harry Whitin...; Tags: Worcester Telegram & Gazette Corp., Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, New York Times, Staci D. Kramer; External links 2009-10-12
Eastman Chemical Company Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Jason Miner – Deutsche Bank Jason Miner – Deutsche Bank On some of the savings I wonder how much will full year ’09 earnings benefit from the 5% cut you guys made to salaries? Conversely maybe asked another way, how...; Tags: Deutsche Bank AG, Reduction, Call Transcript, Earnings, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Engineering, Corporate Governance, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Seeking Alpha, Eastman Chemical Co.; Earnings calls 2009-10-23

VF Corporation Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instruction Our first question is from Robert Drbul from Barclays Capital. Robert Drbul — Barclays Capital Couple of questions, first on the Nautica business, can you give us an update on the year-to-date, why you guys have done well or where your shortfalls and sort of....; Tags: Barclays Plc., Call Transcript, Earnings, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Sales Strategy, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Finance, Sales, Human Resources, Seeking Alpha, VF Corp.; Earnings calls 2009-10-26
Valero Energy Corp. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from Douglas Terreson – ISI Group. Douglas Terreson – ISI Group My question has to do with some of Mike's comment on costs and specifically how the operating actions that you guys have taken in the last couple of...; Tags: Call Transcript, Refinery, Earnings, Valero Energy Corp., Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Seeking Alpha; Earnings calls 2009-10-27
Advanced Energy Industries Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Our first question comes from Krish Sankar from Bank of America; your line is now open. Paul Thomas - Bank of America Good morning, this is Paul Thomas for Krish Sankar. Thanks for taking my questions. First half congratulations on strong results. Larry Firestone Thank...; Tags: Bank Of America Corp., Call Transcript, Earnings, Advanced Energy Industries Inc., 401(k), Retirement Plans, Pricing, Monitors & Displays, Personal Finance, Investment, Human Resources, Benefits, Marketing, Hardware, Components, Finance, Seeking Alpha; Earnings calls 2009-10-28
Southern Company Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Dan Eggers – Credit Suisse Dan Eggers – Credit Suisse I remember last quarter you talked about kind of a roundtable you had with your large industrial customers, have you convened such a meeting again since...; Tags: Call Transcript, Quarter, Earnings, Credit Suisse Group AG, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Seeking Alpha, Southern Co.; Earnings calls 2009-10-28
The Ryland Group Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Alex Barron - Agency Trading Group. Alex Barron - Agency Trading Group I was curious about your community count. I noticed it’s been going down quite a lot in the last few quarters. Can you talk about how much of...; Tags: Community, Impairment, Call Transcript, Earnings, Citigroup Inc., Ryland Group Inc., Benefits, Personal Finance, Sales Strategy, Human Resources, Sales, Seeking Alpha; Earnings calls 2009-10-29
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. F4Q09 (Qtr End 10/02/09) Earnings Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you, sir. Operator instructions Our first question will come from the line of Patrick Ho of Stifel Nicolaus. You may proceed. Patrick Ho – Stifel Nicolaus Thanks a lot. Congrats on getting back to profitability, guys. First, a housekeeping question, Bob. Stock options and would the...; Tags: Call Transcript, Earnings, Term, Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc., Taxes, Free Trade, Productivity, Personal Finance, Research & Development, Investment, Stock Options, Financial Planning, Finance, Business Operations, Human Resources, Benefits, Stock Options & Grants, Seeking Alpha; Earnings calls 2009-10-29
Duke Energy Corporation Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question is from Jonathan Arnold - Deutsche Bank. Jonathan Arnold - Deutsche Bank I wanted to ask about Ohio and what you’ve said about competition and specifically you mentioned that you think its going to be a drag of $0.2 to...; Tags: Deutsche Bank AG, Call Transcript, Duke Energy Corp., Earnings, RBC Capital Markets, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Finance, Seeking Alpha; Earnings calls 2009-10-30
Nonprofit Texas Tribune Launches With Budget Covered For Two Years: Monday evening as the Texas Tribune raced toward its launch this morning (some elements aren’t live yet), Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith took me through the new nonprofit journalism site—news stories, databases, blogs, a combined Twitter feed for every elected politician in Texas, the start of a Texas politics wiki. Unlike...; Tags: Tribune Co., Texas, Evan Smith, Corporate Communications, Personal Finance, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Marketing, Human Resources, Media & Publishing, Online News, Staci D. Kramer; External links 2009-11-03
Trinity looks to shut final-salary scheme: Trinity Mirror has announced plans to close its final-salary pension scheme to existing members, as large UK employers including Barclays , Whitbread and IBM consider similar moves.The publisher of the Daily Mirror and many regional newspapers informed staff over the weekend that it was beginning a two-month consultation on...; Tags: Pension, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Company News, Human Resources & Employment, Financial Times; External links 2009-11-08
Tyco International Ltd. F4Q09 (Qtr End 09/25/09) Earnings Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Scott Davis – Morgan Stanley Scott Davis – Morgan Stanley I understand you’ve been very conservative on guidance the last two years and you’ve successfully beaten guidance quite nicely. Can you give us a little bit of a frame of...; Tags: Revenue, Guidance, Call Transcript, Tyco International Ltd., Earnings, Benefits, Personal Finance, Operational Accounting, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Finance, Seeking Alpha; Earnings calls 2009-11-10
NYT News Service Lays Off Edit Staffers; Duties Moved To Non-Union Florida Paper: The New York Times News Service is getting rid of nearly all of its editorial staffers and will hand off the operation to the NYTCo’s Gainsville Sun, the NYT reported. The NYTNS edits and syndicates articles from the NYT and more than 100 other sources. It acts like the...; Tags: Layoff, Florida, New York Times News Service, NYTCo, NYT, NYTNS, Workforce Management, 401(k), Retirement Plans, Personal Finance, Payroll Solutions, Benefits, Human Resources, David Kaplan; External links 2009-11-13
BBC reveals top executive salaries: A 70p parking meter claim and a by Financial Times; Tags: Financial Times, Top Executive, British Broadcasting Corp., Salary, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Company News, Human Resources & Employment, Pay Awards & Benefits; News items 2009-11-12
50 Percent of Firms Plan Wage Freeze: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Half of the UK's employers are planning to freeze wages for the second year in a row, according to an employment trends study reported in the Financial Times on Monday.The survey by the CBI employers' group and Harvey Nash, the recruitment consultancy, said that 47 percent...; Tags: Employer, Salary, Freeze, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Marketing Research, Human Resources; News items 2009-11-15
Former AOL Execs Falco, Grant To Draw Salary, Bonuses Through 2010: As AOL (NYSE: TWX) heads toward its spinoff from Time Warner, the former team of Randy Falco and Ron Grant, who were ousted as AOL’s CEO and replaced by Tim Armstrong last March, will continue to draw salaries and bonuses through 2010, SAI reports via MediaMemo. According to an...; Tags: America Online Inc., Salary, CEO, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, David Kaplan; External links 2009-11-16
Hourly Pay Rates Nudge Up 0.7%: ABS: Total hourly rates of pay, excluding bonuses, rose 0.7 per cent in the September quarter, seasonally adjusted, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ABS said on Wednesday.The wage price index rose 3.6 per cent from a year earlier.The median market forecast was for a rise of 0.7 per cent in...; Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Asset Based Security, Salary, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Investment, Human Resources, Finance, AAP; News items 2009-11-18